pick a topic then fill out below have the topic relate to forensic oscience

1. Title

Your title should be specific and descriptive of what you intend to

do.

1. Background This section puts your proposed work into context for your reader. You should summarize the relevant scientific and technical knowledge that already exists by highlighting the major findings in the field. Basically, you are giving your reader the background to understand what you are proposing and why you want to do it.
2. Specific Aims and Rationale In this section you will outline the specific problems or questions you hope to answer with your research. You should start by pointing out information that is missing in the existing knowledge. This could include problems or limitations of current methods in the field, conflicts in the literature and any questions that still remain. Relate these remaining questions or conflicts to your own proposed study by stating what questions you intend to investigate and how your work will add to the existing body of knowledge and/or improve current methodologies.
3. Proposed Methods (Conducted by Other Forensic Scientists) In this section briefly describe the experiments or methods conducted by others to use in your work. This is not a step-by-step description of each technique (as in an experimental protocol), but a general description of the methods used by forensic scientists, the kinds of data collected, and how the data was analyzed. You want to demonstrate that you have a practical plan for studying the proposed questions. Each method must be associated with a Specific Aim.
4. Timeline Here you should propose a timeline that shows how you intend to complete the proposed thesis or experiments within the one year period.
5. References

methods sections

Any articles or other sources that you cite in your background or

should be listed here according to APA guidelines.